Penguin International
Mr. Kwek was appointed a Director of Penguin International Limited on 29 April 2021. He serves as the Lead Independent Director, a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and Nominating Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. He is a partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. Specialising in international trade and shipping law, Mr. Kwek is experienced in maritime issues. Since 2000, he has been nominated by various established legal publications as one of the leading lawyers in the region, especially in areas of shipping and maritime law, and was appointed by the Singapore Academy of Law in 2019 as a Senior Accredited Specialist on its inaugural panel of Maritime and Shipping Specialists.
Mr. Kwek graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) from the National University of Singapore in 1990 and was called to the Singapore Bar in March 1991. Between 2003 and 2016, he was an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore, teaching the Law of Marine Insurance. Mr. Kwek also sits, as an independent director, on the board of BH Global Corporation Limited, a company listed on the SGX.
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Penguin International
Penguin International Limited is a Singapore-based marine and offshore services company. The Company's segments include ferry and charter services segment, which provides ferry services and chartering of motor launches, and shipbuilding and repair segment, which acts as a builder of aluminum commercial vessels and supplier of related repairs and maintenance services. Its principal activity is to act as owners, operators of passenger ferries and launches, and investment holding. It is engaged in the design, construction, repair and operation of aluminum commercial vessels. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates crewboats, fast supply intervention vessels (FSIV) and passenger ferries, as well as shipyards in Singapore and Batam, Indonesia. Its Flex-25 is a compact crewboat; the Flex-40 series is capable of lifting over 0.5 tons, and the Flex-50 can carry over 200 tons of deck cargo. The Company's services include shipyard services and offshore charters.